Combined garment hanger and lock



No. 622,37L Patented Apr. 4, |899;

G. w. KUNZE.

COMBINED GARMENT HANGER AND LUCK.

(Applikation med Apr. 27, 189s.)

(No Model.)

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PATENT FFICE.

GEORGE'W. KUNZE, OF BRYANT, W'ASHINGTON;

COMBINED GRMENT HANGER AND LOCK.

' srndIFIcATIoiv forming part of Letters Patentv No. 622,371 5 datedApril 4, 189e.

Application filed April 27,1898. Serial No. 678,959. (No model.)

To ail whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. KUNZE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bryant, in the county of Snohomish and State of Washington,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in aCombined Garment Hanger and Lock; and I do declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

The invention has relation to a combined garment hanger and lock; andthe object of the invention is to provide a simple, durable, andinexpensive device of` this character by means of which the garment maybe hung to a nail, screw, hook, or other supportV locked against theremoval of the device from the support or the garment from the device.

With this object in view the invention consists in certain features ofconstruction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described andclaimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view illustrating theapplication of my inven tion, the device being secured to a nail and thegarment secured to the device. Fig. 2 is a plan view with the face ofthe lock-casing removed, showing t-he relative arrangement of parts whenlocked. Fig. 3 is a similar View showing theA relative arrangement ofparts when the hasp is unlocked and the clampingjaws separated. Fig. 4.is a detail perspective view of the device as it appears when the haspand jaws are closed. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective View of the key.

In the drawings, l denotes the lock-casing, the face of which isprovided with a keyhole 2 and one side of which is provided with akeyhole 3.

4 denotes two ears projecting upward from the face and back of thecasing and between which is provided a hasp 5, the inner face of whichis preferably provided with notches (i, that register with notches 7,formed in an angular support 8, secured against rotation by the pin 9 onthe lpivot of the hasp. The upper end of the casing is provided with anopening l2, and the lower side of the casing is provided with two slots13. 14 denotes a spring-actuated bolt located in said casing and adaptedto engage the free end of the hasp and lock it closed.

l5 denotes a fixed clamping-jaw, the lower end of which is curved andprovided with a gripping-disk 16 and the upper end of which is fitted ino ne of the slots in the lower sidel of the casing and secured thereinagainst movement. The extreme upper end of this jaw is provided with anear 17, in which is swiveled ashaft 18, one end of which is formed witha squared portion 19 and the other end with a screw 20. On thescrew-threaded end of this shaft is engaged the ear 2l of the op posingclamping-jaw 22, which is provided with a gripping-disk 2 3. It isevident that by rotating the screw the clamping-jaw 22 will be movedtoward or away from the xed clamping-jaw according to the direction ofrotation of the screw.

24 denotes a spring-plate secured to the free end of the hasp, and whenthe hasp is locked this plate is-adapted to extend to close the keyholein the side of the casing and prevent a person from inserting a keythrough said opening for the purpose of actuating the screw-threadedshaft and thereby removing garment from the device.

25 is the keypost.

26 denotes a key, one end 27 of which fits the squared end of thescrew-shaft and the other end 28 being provided with a bit adapted toengage and retract the spring-actuated bolt.

In operation, assuming that the hasp is unlocked and the jaws separated,by inserting the end 27 of the key in its hole and rotating the shaftthe clamping-jaws will clamp the garment. In this position the hasp isengaged with the nail, screw, or other support of a similar characterand closed down and locked, thus holding the screw, nail, or othersupport irmly in the registering notches of the hasp and the angularpost and locking the device against surrept-itious removal, and whenclosed it will be noticed that the spring on the end of the hasp willproject downward -within,the lock-casing and close the entrance of thekeyhole in the side of said casing, and

thereby prevent an ill-disposed person insert IGO ing a key or implementinto said hole for the purpose of separating the jaws and removing thegarment clamped thereby.

The device is exceedingly simple, may be made at small cost, and owingto its size may be conveniently carried in the vest-pocket.

Changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of constructionmay be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificingany of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. In a device of l(he character described, the combination of a lockcasing having a spring-actuated bolt and a swiveled screwshaft,clamping-jaws, one of which is engaged with the screw-shaft and ismovable toward and away from its opposing jaw, a post secured to thelock-casing, and a springhasp pivoted to the lock-casing and adapted tocoact with the post to secure a nail or other support between said postand hasp, substantially as set forth.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination with alock-casing provided with a spring-actuated bolt and a screw-shaft,clamping-jaws, one of which is mounted on said screw-shaft and ismovable toward and away from its opposing jaw, said casing being GEORGEW. KUNZE.

'Witnessest C. L. MARSH, S. K. SUTTLER'.

